To Peter #38: Audiograbber can be used to separate wav audio files into separate tracks. I record cassettes into sides A and B files using a Roxio audio recorder. I then use Audiograbber to separate - one can make adjustments as to how much silence is required between tracks in order to properly separate. I think both CNET and PC WORLD have free Audiograbber software. I've used it for a couple decades,I'm sure, and used to use it to record line-in & from the internet. I found it to be very satisfactory & the only reason I use Roxio is because I can better control the volume while recording, as I have a tendency to record too loudly.

Apologies all round.
I must sincerely apologise for message number 40.
My previous comment HAS NOT been removed, you can read it at Message Number 8.
The core of the message however still holds true.

There is a Video on on their website if anyone does not know how to use this great Program

I tried to install it on both partitions of a dual-boot 8.1 / 7 machine. It installed without incident on the 8.1 "half", but several attempts to similarly install it on the 7 half failed. One processor was at 100% usage and nothing ever happened. There was no indication of a partial install anywhere in the registry. Curious.

Art

I'm really getting tired of all these "but this program is free" and "I wouldn't pay that much for this" If a person has a legitimate reason for thumbs up or down, post it. I learned long ago not to even pay attention to the "thumbs". I wait several hours read the comments and base my decision to use the offered product from the more intelligent sounding comments.

@ Peter Blaise
I had hundreds of cassettes and I saved them on my hard drive.
I used Audacity, Sound Editor Pro and many other programs. Finally I found "Microsoft Plus- Digital Media Edition". you can record 1/2 hour and it gives you the breaks at the songs. Sometimes it breaks a song into several pieces it it has a long pause in the middle but it is easy to delete the mid-point breaks. Saved me many hours. I am not sure where you can get now but you can always try ebay.

To Larry aka fire5150 and Gary

I do not remember exactly, because it's not showing now, but I think that you are supposed to click a a down-pointing arrow at the top right corner and then click the "register" button. Once there, insert the key and click OK.

#38 - this software has an option to "split the signal after x seconds of silence"

FWIW, installed and registered in Vista 32 with only one hitch - the installer never stopped running, couldn't close it, couldn't minimize it; it just sat there on the screen "installing, please wait...". Task Manager showed "running", not "not responding", but i had to end process from there. Otherwise it seems to work well on my system, no problems with the X-Fi card; good for quick recording, though it won't replace Audition.

@ Peter Blaise

You're really looking to do two steps. You need to record the tape first then break it up. It's the same with LPs.

There are some programs (none free as far as I can tell) that will break up tracks automatically, but you can do it manually using Audacity. And it's not that difficult because you can usually see from where the sound goes silent where the tracks break.

Even if you found something to automatically break up the tracks you still need to name the tracks. If you're working with an LP of 10 tracks, it's often just as easy to do it manually.

I've done a number of cassettes and LPs, and I've found Audacity the best for it. Remember these were created before computers so the software is at a disadvantage. You do have to do some work.

Since this program is only a recorder, it will only record the tape into one file. You then need to further process it.

Yahoo, Bing, Google, and many many more! This one program seems to think that it needs to send my private information to everyone on the web. I have my firewall set to block it all and alert me to the problem (although I got so sick of the alerts that I've muted them for this program). But if you don't use a firewall that can selectively block this kind of outgoing traffic, then I urge you not to install this. See Audacity for a great free program that can do this and a lot more (latest version).

Works very well for me, thanks for this one, I managed to copy some stuff from the internet that I was not able with Audacity!

After uninstalling this because I didnt receive a reg code,I reboot only to find the app still there.The only thing it uninstalled was a dat file needed to uninstall the junk.The I no longer had any DVD drives as it screwed up the registry so I spent 30 minutes finding the high/low filters in the reg to delete em to my dvd's back. Piss poor application

Automatic updates is checked
in installation....

if the software is updated
automatically, does that
void the license???

#38 Peter

I have transferred all my LPs and cassettes to my PC and split them using Audacity. I used the "Analyze/Silence Finder" option as a starting point then deleted all the superfluous finds. Then "File/Export Multiple" to create individual tracks.

I presume it's trying to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable US English Intel x86 IExpress Install, and the window for that is popping underneath the Leawo window, so the computer appears locked up. I searched recent temp files in reverse date order and found it, installed it manually, and then reinstalled Leawo Music Recorder, and it went okay.

Coordinating sound in and out sources and volumes can make me crazy -- why so hard? Because there are so many choices trying to anticipate any possible use of PC sound that a simple "record from here and auto level" is too hard for any programmer to figure out with every frickin' PC being different. I even have multiple Line / Mic In, so how severely "Murphy's Law" can that be? (If you have 2 choices, you'll pick the wrong one!)

Leawo Music Recorder is sort of useful for me -- I have to manually hit the [o] Record button OFF at the end of a track, then hit it again to re-start recording for the next track, so unattended recording is NOT possible, but it much more easily breaks songs into individual files than ANY OTHER RECORDER software (I HATE Audacity).

The problem?

Cassette hiss -- there's no filter or threshold adjustment in Leawo Music Recorder, so the software "thinks" there is still something to record between songs -- even though it's just HISS!

Leawo, please allow us to "record" a blank section of background "noise" and label that "silence or noise" so you can then (a) KNOW when a gap really happens, and (b) even teach your recording software to subtract cassette tape hiss from the background of the recording! That would be WONDERFUL!

BUG: Also, start numbering from [Track1]. Right now, it starts with [Track] for #1, then increments(?) to [Track1] for Track 2, and is ALWAYS behind by one number!

This only records in MP3 and WAV. This is POOR.

Music recorder just can extract audio files from themselves not have the capability of saving voices from other sufficient video files. What a pity ! That's its disadvantages I till now had found yet.

To speak frankly, there are many awesome and outstanding tool can record the musics, audios from videos. A recommended review of Total Media Converter was located following position.

Alternatives for you :

useful and practical review of Today's GOTD.

Also, I Use Total Recorder, By High Criteria, Comes With Free Eq Add On And Can Be Purchased In 3 Variations. Standard Version, Pro Version And Video Recorder Pro, The Later Will Record Audio, Or Video. @ http://highcriteria.com/

ALL I WANT TO DO IS:

... dub an audio cassette into my PC and have the software AUTOMATICALLY break the recording into separate "songs" at the gaps.

Anybody?

Anybody?

Leawo often does good stuff, even if it depends on other programs (like iTunes must be installed for their excellent and fast DVD ripper to function), but Leawo Music Recorder v1.0 locked up during install on XP Pro SP3, so I will try it elsewhere.

Audacity insists on making a 1-hour recording out of a cassette with 20 songs - doh! And, no, the ability to later break it into pieces is arduous and has never been successful for me, rather preferring to stop and re-start recording manually all the frickin' way through for 20 start / stop iterations.

HELP?!?

This is an awesome program if you like recording online radio or Pandora, or something like that. However with most of Gaotd programs it's not to be updated. so you must go to the settings and uncheck update automatic weekly or you going to miss this great offer. also here's my alternative for 19.99 you can get this awesome program that will bring you joy!!! http://applian.com/replay-music/

This is a keeper for me. The first audio recorder in a very long time that can record a live audio stream from a web source, as my Lenovo laptop has no suitable recording drivers. Installed and run on xp sp3 and started recording - it works! 10 thumbs up - seriously I have tried all the audio recorder from the past 12 months and none of them worked. This is the first. It must use a virtual audio recording driver or use some other method.

cheers,
Ray

#28

I agree, but now, people do have very performant single core or multicores, there should be some software allowing people to do
any real time (not pro level but acceptable one for all) kind of equalizing on any XP or windows 7, 8 platform.

I have seen many players (audio or video) do have integrated such
equlization into the application, my wondering is, why there is nothing released such that one can use it as, the let us say, stand alone equalizer onto the XP, Win 7, 8?

or

perhaps, large audience does not know for such equalizers?

If someone knows, pls. let the people know on this GOTD portal.

Thanks.

#9, TeamK
You can achieve the same think with the task manager, simple and easy or if you have any other software that can start any other software.
I can start multiple recording at different times and with no problem.

Same as Gary
"downloaded and installed ok , registered and have key but can’t find where to click on program to put key in and activate it, thanks

Comment by Gary — October 11th, 2013 at 9:30 am"

help please

Many thanks for this GAOTD. I've had trouble with Audacity and other recorders which don't seem to like my physical card. I've been playing with this one for a couple of hours now and am impressed.
Thanks to JackS (comment 6)for your advice as well.

I found that it took over my speakers with it's own installation and I had to correct it by going into the audio controls and manually changing it. It's not a major issue, but it could confuse the average user. It should not automatically take control over the audio like that.

The GUI looks like Wondershare Video Editor.

The Share Your Ideas box on the GAOTD web page will not accept comments. Rejects all attempts to login.

I would like to... suggest an idea
Current task scheduler does not work. I want to record a radio broadcast at a certain time on Monday and Thursday but cannot determine how to do this now.

#5 zanardi . . . Good real-time equalization requires certain hardware that you may not have. There is no silver bullet solution to this in software.

If you do not have the appropriate hardware, then I'm sure you can find it at the same place you get the free software. After all, the people who make hardware do not work any harder than the people who make software.

Please be aware to not to install the Leawo driver at the end of installation as it will mess up your sound card's audio. Another chinese hijacking attempt IMO.

@Giovanni, do you really check these before thumbs upping these - your reputation is online

downloaded and installed ok , registered and have key but can't find where to click on program to put key in and activate it, thanks

#13 and #15 the same:

still no answer on free and real time equlizer independent from such programs (and bugs-what I mean is that few of them can make a lot of bad onto different sound sources), so as the proverb says, patiente is the best virtue, in this case, the question does require quick ansewer, since many people on this site are affected...

I do not know, for the moment, why many here do ignore the issue and problem of the independent real time equalizer and one, that will not do such mess as described by #15? (or by some 3D sound gaming tools).

Hey falks, kindly post your answers for real time equlaizers. Thanks.

For recording online Radio Stations the best and easiest is to use DAR.FM ... You don't even have to have your PC running to record station.

To capture YOUTUBE or GROOVESHARK or MYSPACE streaming music ... use MP3MYMP3 which is free. You can then use AUDACITY free software to "normalize" all your music.

Sorry, but $29.99 is way to much for what you can get free already.

After reading the other comments, I decided to hold off from installing Leawo, I went to the site for Audacity and found out that with their newest release. "(Windows Vista and later) You can now record computer playback by choosing the new Windows WASAPI host in Device Toolbar , then a "loopback" input."
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_windows.html has a tutorial on how to set up recording from what the sound card is playing. Hoping I can make it work with my on-board audio.

@JackS (Comment 6)

Thank you for the help. The sound on my computer stopped working as soon as I installed this software. Thought I was going to have to spend all day looking for a solution but I then read your comment and it worked a treat!

Thank you!

#15 Bigun

My problem, as per my comment #8, also occurred when combined with RealTek audio system.
Possibly people with this system should avoid installing today's software.

My computer seems to be functioning normally now, thats after two reboots.

To search and find ANY SONG on the net just use this FREE & PORTABLE GEM (probably better and more secure than "Grooveshark Downloader", whose exe has been detected as adware by some AV via VT service...should be a False Positive alarm, but you never know...)

http://www.music2pc.com

Enjoy!!

@15 Bigun...thanks. and no need to apologize. your input should prove helpful in trying to get this program to do what it is supposed to.

Good day, and stay safe.

#13: Apowersoft thing allows you to record only for 3 min.
It is an evaluation not free. I tested the desktop version, maybe the web version is free...

How about this, dudes??

http://www.majorshare.com/grooveshark-downloader

I downloaded this software Leawo Music Recorder Version 1.0 from another giveaway website on 27 July 2013.
Installed, activated and tested it.
Unfortunately this software proved to be very lousy.
It was so bad that I made a note of it in a text file.
So that the next time it was offered as a giveaway in the same website or elsewhere, I can remember and avoid it.
That is how I remember what a piece of junk it was.

@6 JackS

I have found from a previous "Leawo"
installation that a "lost" RealTek audio card (brand name) can result from the installation of "Leawo Music Recorder". It may not be appropriate to put all, or even some of the of the blame for a lost audio device, on Leawo because I experienced the same problem with at least one other audio recording software has caused. The problem of "lost hardware", i.e. RealTek audio card, that Windows 7 can not find has occurred more often than a single instance. I do not remember if the problem was caused by software from different developers or a later version of the same software. What I do remember is that the fix in my case was more involved than your experience. Windows completely lost the "RealTek" sound device and substituted the chip set's on board audio device. I knew that there was a problem and started a diagnostic procedure because all audio was lost. The chipset audio device showed that it was disabled when I checked the "device manager".

While the problem that I encountered was repairable it did take more effort than what you described.

I keep notes on problems and problem solutions. I find that this procedure makes subsequent repairs of similar problems easier and quicker. In this particular case my protocol failed in that I did not document the software(s) that was/were responsible for the audio loss that occurred secondarily to my software instillation. Your advice, while it is excellent and I hope will correct most of your reader's problems, may not be sufficient for everyone that might experience a loss of normal audio performance subsequent to their installation of audio recording software.

Please accept my apology for my poor typing. I only have the use of my right hand and my dictation software has gone 10-7 (out of service).

Win XPSP 3 , installed and registered ok.

Suggest the skin should have mouse over on all the buttons/tabs.

Remember to Click on general tab and then unclick " enable automatic update" otherwise you could lose the free version!

60% THUMBS DOWN ??? Are you kidding me, dudes?

Well, if you are eager to record sound from internal or external devices, this is a GREAT tool.

Perfect solution for those who like to capture an online radio channel while listening to a song.

Can even automatically add song album covers and other song tags like artist and song name, once you have recorded the music sound, as well as export the recorded tracks to iTunes.

So, if you are a Music lover, forget the current misleading GAOTD low rating and enjoy it at its full extent!!

Here is a review by Softpedia editor:

http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Leawo-Music-Recorder-Review-371613.shtml

2 THUMBS UP from me!!

BEST FREE ALTERNATIVES

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download
http://www.gilisoft.com/product-audio-recorder-free.htm
http://www.apowersoft.com/free-audio-recorder-online
http://soft4boost.com/any-audio-record

To automatically download and record both AUDIO & VIDEO STREAMING like a PRO for FREE:

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/downloader/vso-downloader.php?ap=avangate&aid=700
http://atube-catcher.dsnetwb.com
http://www.esfsoft.com/products/info/10/ESFSoft-Radio-Downloader

Then, to find and play your favorite music files in your playlist:

http://www.getmusicbee.com

Enjoy!!

I installed this, "registered" and the program apparently recorded music correctly and it was shown in the media list. However, when I click on play the program immediately closes.
I thought that I should try re-installing it, so I clicked on "uninstall" and all it does is to uninstall the "uninstall" link - the program remains!
What a waste of time.

try this for a free mixer
http://www.mixxx.org/

Had no problems recording from YouTube but in attempting to record from my microphone it did not work even though it appeared to be recording.
And sadly that's when the fun began, no programs would record from my microphone until I uninstalled this program and even after that I am still having problems. That is, in certain programs I can still not record from the microphone.
Fortunately it's not a big problem as I use a free program available at the following link:-
http://www.mp3mymp3.com/http://www.mp3mymp3.com/

Obviously there's some conflict between today's programme and my system, and I am certainly not going to accuse today's programs developers, it is something that just happens in Windows all too often.

#4 FrancisBorne - Yes I have found this can do something Audacity cannot do and that is to record at a set time. Great for making sure you do not miss something you wanted to listen to, but are at work, or out.

I love Audacity and prefer it to any other recording program, but it cannot do absolutely everything, for instance I also have not found out how Audacity can do the things #2 Sadngey says this can do.

During the installation,on WinXP, I got this message pop-up:-

The software you are installing for this hardware: Leawo Audio
has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.
Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future. Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing.
Continue Anyway STOP Installation

Any ideas please?

if your sound stops working, simply right-click your speaker taskbar icon and select playback devices and make sure your physical card is still default. works great, but when i installed, it changed the default to the emulated sound card it uses to record from. the developers may want to change that.